Madagascar Rail
Rallus madagascariensisVerreaux, JP, 1833
English (US) Madagascar Rail
The Madagascar Rail (Rallus madagascariensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) in the order Gruiformes.
Range: humid forest of eastern MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rallus madagascariensis
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Madagascar Rail
- Described by
- Verreaux, JP, 1833
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus Madagascariensis
- Described by
- Verreaux, JP, 1833
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- South African Quarterly Journal vol.2, no.1, pt.2 p.80
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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